superabundance
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7.9
- noun
- /ˌsuːpərəˈbʌndəns/
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superabundancia
- Due to the superabundance of options, she had trouble deciding what to wear.
- exist in superabundance
Examples
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We behold the face of nature bright with gladness; we often see a superabundance of food. We do not see, or we forget, that the birds which are idly singing around us mostly live on insects or seeds, and are thus constantly destroying life; or we forget how largely these songsters, or their eggs, or their nestlings, are destroyed by birds and beasts of prey.
Academic text (1993) -
The festival was filled with a superabundance of food from various cuisines.
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And yet what marvelous color and variety, what a superabundance of life!
Academic text (1998) -
There is simply so much there, so much to choose from, so much to buy, and I, for one, love the superabundance and wouldn't want it any other way.
Academic text (1995) -
For Marx, a post-capitalist society would be one of material superabundance and would be based upon society's total mastery over nature.
Blog text (34) -
A superabundance of natural disasters, added to an unhealthy climate, abbreviates the average Spanish lifespan and encourages the invocation of divine aid.
Academic text (2004) -
For 100 years, the great expanse of land... from the Mississippi to the Rockies, from Texas to Montana, poured forth a superabundance of wheat, corn, and cattle... to feed a nation and the world.
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Life is constituted and structured in all its vital expressions by the dimension of superabundance, received and passed on with a gratuitousness that exceeds the logic of recompense (see nos. 34, 52).
Academic text (2010) -
The garden displayed a superabundance of flowers in every color imaginable.
Synonyms
108
3.3
An amount more than needed or allowed
91
3.3
A large amount of something, more than you need
40
5.4
Using more than you need so it is unnecessary
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7.7
A much larger amount than people need or can manage
30
4.4
Too much work or information that makes you feel stressed
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5.7
Too much of something that is not needed
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7.2
A very large number of things that arrive at the same time
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8.7
An amount that is more than needed or useful
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6.9
Too much of something so people cannot handle it or it does not work well
A very large amount of something, like many flowers or details
Extra things or words that are not needed
A state of being more than is needed or wanted
An amount that is more than is needed, often extra food or goods
A large amount of something
A situation with extra parts or ideas that are not needed
Antonyms
How Abundant
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word superabundance comes from super- meaning 'above' or 'beyond' and abundance meaning 'plenty', the same root as the common word abundant. So a superabundance is like a cup that is 'overflowing' — it means there is 'more than is needed'.